Careers Job Description
General Description
MISSION/OVERVIEW
The CUNY Office of Careers and Industry Partnerships (OCIP) is dedicated to the mission of connecting academic pursuits with career success. OCIP works closely with industry to understand the skills required for the most in-demand jobs and trains City University of New York (CUNY) students in those skills to prepare them for early and sustained career success. OCIP's spectrum of programs are designed to give students an advantage in the job market and help students advance in their careers after securing a job.
The CUNY Futures in Finance (FIF) initiative and its founding partners, Centerbridge Partners, Bloomberg L.P., and Goldman Sachs, aims to build CUNY’s capacity for career success, prepare and connect CUNY students and graduates to careers in financial services and the investment industry, and expand CUNY’s employer partnerships to increase access, job placements and advance social and economic mobility. The initiative’s founding CUNY colleges are Brooklyn College, City College of New York, and Lehman College. This position in based at the Brooklyn College campus. The FIF team includes a centrally based Director and campus- based teams comprised of an Associate Director, Student Engagement Manager, and Career Coach that work collaboratively to develop and implement the initiative’s goals and curate the student experience.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting to the CUNY Futures in Finance Associate Director, the Student Engagement Manager role will benefit from a creative and strategic thinker committed to economic and social mobility. This is an exciting opportunity to support a strategic initiative that could establish best practices for industry engagement within the higher education space and would ideally be replicated/scaled across the system, both within CUNY and across the sector.
The Manager will be responsible for ensuring the Futures in Finance initiative is effectively marketed and accessible to students pursuing careers in the finance sector and that student participants are supported throughout their FIF experience. Core to the role, you will work closely with staff and faculty, student leaders and groups, social media and communications teams to provide a clear point of engagement for students. By building and expanding the connective tissue between career success-oriented initiatives on campus, the Manager will directly contribute to the university’s goals for post-graduate career outcomes. Key Performance Indicators include increasing internship participation rates and the rate of students placed in jobs in the financial sector above a living wage at scale at Brooklyn College. This role will work in partnership with Futures in Finance teams across all 3 pilot colleges to enhance programming and share best practices to improve student outcomes.
Other Duties
- Assist with coordinating, executing, and conducting workshops, events, and other programing for FIF students
- Create and distribute marketing and promotional materials to build student awareness for the initiative
- Serve as liaison to internal and external stakeholders including, faculty, campus wide departments, particularly advising, student life, and career services
- Track student data, provide reports, statistics, and other analytic support relating to the program's annual objectives
- Data will include but is not limited to:
- Delivery of student service through use of professional development modules
- Meetings and other significant contacts with students, including time spent directly with students, type of assistance rendered, etc.
- Number of submitted job applications, scheduled interviews, and offers per student
- Written content for reports on activities, task progress, successes, concerns, recommendations, and discussion points
- Collaborate with the Managers of the other two FIF campuses to develop initiative-wide student engagement programming
- Solicit feedback and suggestions from internal and external stakeholders to help improve initiative; use data to develop and present recommendations
- Performs related duties as assigned
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Associate’s Degree with one (1) to three (3) years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience, working in customer service, relationship management, economic development, workforce development, human resources/recruiting, consulting, or higher education.
- Skilled at managing multiple projects at the same time.
- Proficient computer skills (e.g. Word, Publisher, Access, Excel, etc.).
- Strong commitment to supporting students or adults from diverse backgrounds who might traditionally have barriers to entering the finance sector
- Results Orientation with a proven track record of exceeding goals and a bottom-line orientation; evidence of the ability to consistently make good decisions through a combination of analysis, experience, and judgment
- Ability to act and react as necessary, even if limited information is available; a high degree of independence, flexibility, initiative, commitment and ability to work as part of a team
- Strong communication skills; excellent written and verbal communication skills; experience facilitating meetings and workshops; ability to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders; ability to develop effective partnerships
- Demonstrated organizational skills for tracking and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, and a commitment to generating the results for organization’s reporting needs
- Experience and demonstrated success in setting goals and objectives, managing to outcomes, and developing and using data to inform continuous improvement and decision making
- Passion for supporting diverse career seekers in launching the career of their choice
- This position operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as personal computers, laptops, tablets, smart phone, photocopiers, filing cabinets and other presentation materials
- Ability to travel to other CUNY sites as needed.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- CUNY alumni with an understanding of the CUNY system
- Experience working in the NYC finance sector and knowledge of current employer demands for entry- level staff
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- This position is located in a professional office environment and is currently hybrid, working 70% in person (7 days) in office and 30% remote (3 days) during every two-week payroll cycle. Laptop may be provided if needed to support working remotely.
- While performing these duties, the employee is required to perform physical activities such as, but not limited to, lifting items (up to 20 pounds), bending, reaching, sitting for prolonged periods of time.
- Reasonable accommodations will be made for employees with disabilities or other needs per RFCUNY policies.
- Ability to travel to other CUNY sites as needed.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Office of Careers & Industry Partnership
Full Time
$65,000.00 - $75,000.00
Jun 04, 2023 (Or Until Filled)